Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5475823

Reference: WO372/29

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

URL: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7569909
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UPP: GBM/MCI/5481779

Credit: © The National Archives

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ID: 7309806

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/603697/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/476833

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 8454303

Reference: gbm_bond_of_sac

Title: British Army, Bond of Sacrifice: Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1916 Transcription

Connected by: Anne1202

UPP: GBM/BONDOFSACRIFICE/2649

Additional: Names, years of birth and death and military details match the records of the CWGC.

Credit: © Trustees of the Honourable Artillery Company, London, England

Source information

ID: 8454311

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Anne1202

UPP: GBC/1891/0026842538

Additional: Names, family names and year of birth match the records of the CWGC and official Bond of Sacrifice records

Credit: © General Register Office

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ID: 8454331

Title: 6th Gurkha Rifles Dug-Outs at Gurkha Bluff

Description: Captain Hugh Richard Augustin Whytehead of the 6th Gurkha Rifles fell at Gurkha Bluff, Gallipoli on 22 May 1915

Connected by: Anne1202

Additional: Image courtesy of www.illustratedfirstworldwar.com

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ID: 9515282

Title: Captain Hugh Richard Augustin Whytehead

Description: Captain Hugh Richard Augustin Whytehead MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, 6th Gurkha Rifles. Death: 22 May 1915 Killed in Action at Gurkha Bluff recapturing a trench. Gallipoli | CWGC has age at death given as 34. | Head portrait press cutting

Connected by: James201

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